Magellan RoadMate for iPhone updated, want a promo code? [give away]

Magellan RoadMate for iPhone has just been updated to version 1.3 and that means a it's received several new features to help you better and more enjoyably navigate from point A to point B:

Location-based offers and coupons – First branded GPS App to provide relevant offers on-screen while you route to your destination. Users can re-route to the sponsoring store’s location or save promotional coupons for redemption at a later time.

iOS 4.0 support – Multitasking capabilities enable navigation with turn-by-turn instructions and continuous routing to run in the background while using other applications.

LifeTime real-time traffic information – Included free in the version 1.3 update, users can avoid traffic congestion by comparing current and proposed alternative routes, making well-informed decisions ahead of traffic delays.

To celebrate the update Magellan RoadMate is currently on sale in the iTunes App Store: Magellan RoadMate North America is available for $44.99 (regularly $59.99); Magellan RoadMate USA is $34.99 (regularly $49.99); and Magellan RoadMate Canada is $29.99 (regularly $34.99

They've also given us three (3) promo codes to pass on to you, our awesome readers. Details and screen shots after the break!

To enter the give-away just leave a comment in the thread below telling us which of the new features you like best. Make sure to leave a real email address (it won't be public but we'll need it to contact you if you win). As always, promo codes only work in the US App Store (Apple's rule, not ours!)

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Magellan RoadMate for iPhone updated, want a promo code? [give away]

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Pictures look great; hope the performance is up to the pictures. I like best the ability to run in background while answering phone, etc. Unanswered is what to do with LCD going off, or how long display will stay before battery wears down running gps.

I've owned a personal Magellan Roadmate for three years now and it's in need of an update(which is normal for all GPS units), but the update cost is over $75.00. I'd much rather have the roadmate on my new iphone 4. Magellan is a great product and I don't know how anyone can travel without one. It's also fun to travel with a GPS system.

Looking at the pics of the screeshots it looks very useful and professional, I can see that the gps would be a very useful app on my iphone, and if it was discounted or almost free, that would be cool too! This website is awesome, lots of cuting ege info.
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I would definetly like to have it on my iPhone. The feature that I would love most is definitely the multi-tasking so that I can listen songs and also get directions at same time.
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It is a toss-up between multi-tasking and Lifetime Traffic. I think I will have to give it to LifeTime Traffic. I have a Magellan Roadmate GPS, and can't get that feature, as well as having to pay an arm and a leg to get map updates each year. I might have to give this a try.

Real time traffic is a huge plus for me.
Considering I am driving basically every day for work, having that right in the palm of my hand (and without any extra fees for it) is a huge plus. It would be a nice thing to have so that I can actually get to appointments on time rather than praying the Traffic Gods are feeling cooperative.

I think the LifeTime real-time traffic information is the best new feature. Most other iPhone GPS apps only provide a month or two of traffic data before requiring one to purchase a subscription. Having it as part of the package is a great deal.

Oh, Location-based offers and coupons is something new that I haven't seen before. I have Navagon and this is smoething that I can see as being useful and helpful.
Traffic info, iOS 4.o support are in other apps, but Location-based offers is a new feature that I like alot.

I bought RoadMate shortly after it came out, prior to iOS4 and multitasking. I had patience for the day that it would be updated to support multitasking. Wow, I lost patience! It took Magellan almost a year to "add 4 lines of code" as Jobs put it in the big iOS4 press release.
I found Waze about a month ago and have fallen so in love with it, that I rarely fire up RoadMate anymore, even with its multitasking update (finally!).
Here's the bottom line for me: RoadMate takes about 30-45 seconds to fire up from start. Waze takes under 10, including the first route navigation!

Of course, Multitasking would be the obvious pick, bu what I really missed being with my TomTom-app wasn't that. It was free real-time traffic information. Just because it really sucks having an awesome route calculation but knowing that you have to pay a fortune to really get fast from A to B without running into some stupid traffic jam.

The freedom to be able to go anywhere at a moments notice is what makes me dig this app, and it's from a trusted GPS brand already. I love the idea of stripping away another device and putting it on my phone.
I was actually about to buy a similar app on Saturday. My girlfriend and I were taking a trip to Atlantic city. I found it curious that there were so many brands that I hadn't heard of. Unfortunately, my girlfriend wouldn't let me get it.

I love the real time traffic feature Its free tired of the crappy google map app which needs an update for route alternatives on traffic this app will really help me skip traffic when I'm heading to work or stop me from getting late.

Real time traffic for sure. I'm really hoping the Magellan app is solid, as I own three of the four big maps on-device players (Navigon, copilot, and Sygic aura) and all fall short in one way or another. Here's to hoping to win one that's worth it!

Multitasking is a great new feature. This means now you can mount your iPhone in your car use your nav program, listen to the talk radio on your radio app and take phone calls all on one devise at the same time.

Of the newly added features the traffic included for free is definitely the most useful! Other nav apps charge extra for such services which has led to me going back to the regular old Maps app for my day-to-day navigating and traffic check.

My favorite feature is the sharing points of interest. That's awesome because with all the social networking going on, this is an obvious and great addition and will be I think the most used feature for the app, at least for me it will. Thanks TiPb!!!!